Shutter bower and fastener.



H. ZIMM-ER SHUTTER BOWER AN TENBR APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1906.

930,260. Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

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SHUTTER BOWER AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Application filed August 20, 1906. Serial No. 331,391.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY ZIMMERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutter Bowers andFasteners, of which the following is a speci fication.

My invention relates to that class of shutter bowers and fastenershaving sill plates, hooked brace rods and catches pivoted to theshutter, and consists in so constructing the parts that the shutter maybe locked either in an absolutely closed or in an approximately closedposition, and so as to automatically elevate the brace red, as fully setforth hereinafter, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich,

Figure 1 is a plan view of my shutter fastener, as applied to a sill andshutter Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 22, Fig. l with theshutter in one position; Fig. 3 is a side view of the parts shown inFig. 2 with the shutter closed.

The sill plate A is adapted for attachment to the sill by any suitablemeans and has a shoulder a formed by the inside of a lip or rib b, asshown, and this sill plate has the usual extension 0 with bowing socketsfor the end of the brace rod B, which is pivoted to the inside of theshutter C, as usual. To the shutter is also secured the bracket 0 of acatch E having a hook 6 with an inclined face and an abrupt shoulder, asusual, and also having a loop f for the reception of the hook g of thebrace rod. As usually constructed, devices of this class are so formedthat the shutter can be properly locked only when absolutely closedagainst the sill, and while it may be bowed in different positions bymeans of the brace rod fitting the sockets s it is necessary to thus bowthe shutter in case it warps to such an extent that the hook e of thecatch will not engage the sill plate. To overcome this objection I soconstruct the parts that the shutter may be locked by the hook of thecatch tight against the sill, as shown in Fig. 3, the hook of the catchbeing so arranged that when the shutter is against the sill the shoulderof the catch will engage the shoulder a of the sill plate, but I soconstruct and arrange the parts that when the shutter is slightly openedas in Fi 2, the brace rod 13, resting upon the catch with its hook 9extending through the loop of the catch, the said hook will engage thesaid shoulder of the sill plate with the hook of the catch outside thesaid shoulder.

Without limiting myself to the precise arrangement and construction ofparts shown, I claim:

1. The combination in a shutter bower and fastener of an inside hookedbrace rod, a sill plate having a projection with a shoulder, and apivoted latch with a hook and a loop beyond the hook for the passage ofthe hook of the brace rod; the parts arranged to afiord a bearing on thesaid shoulder for both of the said hooks when the shutter is indifferent positions.

2. The combination in a shutter bower of the sill plate L-shaped incross section to present an inside shoulder a, and a pivoted latch witha loop adapted to receive the hook of a wall rod, and a hook between thepivot and the loop and with a flat face adapted to engage the shouldera, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY ZIMMERMAN.

